The Ambassador of Spain to Belgium is the Kingdom of Spain's foremost diplomatic representative in Belgium.
History From 1599 to 1603, Baltasar de Zúñiga was ambassador of Philip III of Spain to the court of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria at the Palace of Coudenberg (today Brussels Park). Until the referendum on Spain's membership in NATO, the ambassador in Brussels represented the Spanish Government before the North Atlantic Council and President of the Spanish mission before the European Atomic Energy Community. On 28 October 1965, José Núñez Iglesias was replaced by Alberto Ullastres Calvo as President of the Spanish mission to the European Common Market.
The ambassador is appointed to the Council of Ministers, they direct the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in Brussels. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in Belgium, negotiates on behalf of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observes the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in Belgium.
The current ambassador is Alberto Antón Cortés, who was appointed by Pedro Sánchez's government on 27 September 2022.
List of ambassadors Mission Start Mission End Name Notes 1844 1847 Salvador Cea Bermúdez Count of Colombi 1847 1849 Diego Desmaissières y López Dicastillo Conde de la Vega del Pozo 1849 1851 José Neviet 1851 1853 Antonio Luis Arnau 1853 1862 Eduardo Sancho Subercasi 1863 1864 Diego Coello de Portugal y Quesada 1864 1865 Cayo Quiñones de León Marqués de San Carlos 1865 1866 Tomás Ligués y Bardají Marqués de Alhama 1866 1868 Cayo Quíñones de León 2nd term 1868 1868 Bonifacio de Blas y Muñoz 1868 1871 Eduardo Asquerino 1871 1872 Adolfo Patxot y Achával 1872 1874 José Antonio de Aguilar 1874 1875 José Álvarez de Toledo, conde de Xiquena Obituario del conde de Xiquena 1874 1875 Carlos O’Donnell 2nd Duke of Tetuán 1875 1885 Rafael Carlos Merry del Val 1886 1887 Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano 1888 1895 José Gutiérrez de Agüera 1895 1897 Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano 2nd Count of la Viñaza 1897 1902 Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia 1902 1904 José Brunetti, Duke of Arcos 1904 1906 Juan Pérez-Caballero y Ferrer 1906 1910 Arturo de Baguer y Corsi 1910 1913 Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta 1913 1926 Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent Marqués de Villalobar 1926 1928 Emilio de Palacios y Fau 1928 1931 Francisco Gutiérrez de Agüera y Bayo 1931 1934 Salvador Albert 1934 1936 Manuel Aguirre de Cárcer 1936 1937 Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo 1937 1939 Mariano Ruiz Funes 1939 1941 Eduardo Aunós Pérez 1951 1956 Carlos de Miranda y Quartín 4th Count of Casa Miranda Carlos de Miranda y Quartín 1964 1967 José Núñez Iglesias José Núñez Iglesias 1967 1972 Jaime Alba y Delibes Jaime Alba y Delibes 1973 1976 Francisco Javier Elorza y Echániz 1976 1982 Nuño Aguirre de Cárcer y López de Sagredo Nuño Aguirre de Cárcer y López de Sagredo 1982 1985 Fernando Olivié González-Pumariega Fernando Olivié González-Pumariega 1985 1990 Mariano Berdejo Rivera - 1990 1994 Nicolás Martínez-Fresno y Pavía - 1994 1997 Joaquín Ortega Salinas - 1997 2000 Manuel de Benavides y López-Escobar - 2000 2004 Francisco Fernández Fábregas - 2004 2007 María Victoria Morera Villuendas - 2007 2010 Carlos Gómez-Múgica Sanz - 2010 2012 Silvia Iranzo Gutiérrez - 2012 2016 Ignacio Jesus Matellanes Martínez - 2016 2018 Cecilia Yuste Rojas - 2018 2022 Beatriz Larrotcha Palma - 2022 2025 Alberto Antón Cortés - 2025 - José María Rodríguez Coso Spanish Embassy in Brussels
See also Belgium–Spain relations Foreign relations of Spain
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